A dozen book novelties by authors from the Balearic Islands, most of them also from publishing labels of the Islands, make up this selection of titles for the new season. We present them to you just as the editions of the two major annual gatherings dedicated to books in Catalan are about to take place: the Barcelona Week, between the 18th and 27th, which will have an island presence, and the Palma Week, from the 24th to the 27th, in the Misericòrdia gardens. These are some of the books that readers will be able to find at both events, and also in the bookstores of the Islands: dystopian, historical, and intrigue narrative; essays on characters and traditions; poetry with disturbing contents; theater of diverse signs, and a combination of images and science.

Toni Planissi (Manacor, 1973) is a discreet man and an extraordinary author. A modesty that quickly dissolves when one begins to leaf through the pages of his new graphic novel Todas las mentiras conducen a la verdad, the story of two worlds confronting each other to defend a reality that each one believes to be their own and unshakeable. An ironic critique of politics, religion, and the foundations of agreed-upon truths, but often sustained by lies.

The exoskeleton is not the title of a zoology book. Or is it. It is the title of Jèssica Ferrer's latest poetry collection, a work that won the Maria Mercè Marçal prize and has just arrived in bookstores. In her first book, Som aquí, Ferrer described massacres from the pig's point of view; now, in an exercise that lies between entomology and metaphysics, she speaks of the limits of the 'I' and the 'we' using the exoskeleton as a metaphor; the exoskeleton is the external skeleton found, for example, in ants. Between Som aquí (2022) and L’exoesquelet (2026), Ferrer has also had time to publish Fissures (2023), which constitutes one of the most dazzling careers in Catalan poetry in recent times. Jèssica Ferrer was born in Ibiza in 1993; in addition to writing, performing with Ses Honorables Virtuts Il·lògiques, and promoting the publication of Revista 078, in the summer she cultivates the garden and collects carob beans.

Swhere many people take advantage of their vacations to delve into all kinds of reading, whether it's the latest new releases that have just arrived in bookstores or the classics they've had their eye on for years. And while the usual ways to choose summer reading continue to work, such as asking booksellers for advice, recently consulting Goodreads has gained traction, a platform with more than 150 million members around the world who rate and review the books they read.